Engineers Fishing Pier
Engineers Fishing Pier is a fishing area in Hampton, Virginia. Engineers Fishing Pier is situated nearby to the lighthouse Old Point Light, as well as near the grassland Continental Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Point Light and Casemate Museum.
Old Point Light
Lighthouse
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Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use. Old Point Light is situated 400 feet northeast of Engineers Fishing Pier.
Casemate Museum
Museum
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Casemate Museum is situated 810 feet northwest of Engineers Fishing Pier.
Quarters 1
Historic building
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Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style. Quarters 1 is situated 1,300 feet north of Engineers Fishing Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.
Phoebus
Suburb
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Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 2½ miles northwest of Engineers Fishing Pier.
Engineers Fishing Pier
- Type: Fishing area
- Categories: recreation area, pier, and sports location
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.0008° or 37° 0′ 3″ northLongitude
-76.30713° or 76° 18′ 26″ westOpen location code
87952M2V+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 226670081OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=fishingOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pier
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